Tiny but annoying problem with desktop backgrounds
Whenever I use fast user switching to switch from my admin account to the standard user account it briefly shows a picture that was set as the background a long time ago and then shows the currently set background. Its that close up of a bright scarlet rose that comes with the OS. But its been changed several times since then and it doesn't do anything similar when I go from the standard to the admin account. I know its a tiny problem but its starting to really annoy me every time I see that overly bright picture flashed on the screen for a second or two.
I managed to sort it out by myself.
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So I've tried researching and figuring this out on my own but I nothing's working.
I few weeks ago I changed my desktop background to an image I have on iPhoto, changing the picture through the application itself, if I remember correctly.
About a week ago I decided I wanted to change my desktop background. I go to System Preferences and click on an image in a folder and, within minutes, the image I had before is on again. I've tried different pictures, different settings in "Desktop & Screen Savers," I've tried deleting com.apple.desktop.plist and com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect.plist as suggested in http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10696928 yet to no avail.
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Hi all..
I am having the same problem with desktop software 6, but my problem is more like this..
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB19300
The Windows Installer pop-up during installation and cannot continue, it seems that windows installer 4.5 is the cause, but I cannot uninstall windows installer 4.5 because many of my programs were using this..
In this knowledge base solution it says to run BlackBerry Desktop Software.msi, but on BlackBerry Desktop Software 6, it need to run from setup.exe and cannot continue.. so I cannot install desktop software 6 on my computer, but I am able to install older version desktop software ie. version 4.2 to version 5.
I think that I am gonna reply here instead of making new thread about windows installer 4.5 and Desktop Software 6, please move if I did wrong.
PS. Bifocals..
The link you provided is missing. Or it just back to BlackBerry Technical Solution Center page and I tried searching the KB13781 with no success.
Please if there is other link that may be good for my problem.
Thank you very much.
Hi ihalimsujanto and welcome to the forums!
My first concern is that you do have a version of desktop manager that you can maintain your device and PIM data with, do you?
Please post back with as much detail as possible regarding your hardware and software setup.
Also post what steps you have taken to resolve the issue. The more detail we have the better we can help you. I'll reread KB 19300 and find what happened to my broken link.
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EDIT:
ihalimsujanto,
Please review this Microsoft Knowledgebase Article ID: 555175
How to resolve Common "Windows Installer" Problems
Methods 3 and 4 may be pertinent.
Let us know how it goes!
Bifocals
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This question was solved.
View Solution.Thanks Colapop for you suggestion.
I had already tried that option and it gave no good result.
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But, his name stayed in the windows. I changed all user accounts names and everything which was possible to be changed, but when i go to C/users his name is still there on folder!
I can say it is very annoying because that laptop cost almost 3.000 USD and I still need to look at someone else's name in my user folder!
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I am extremely unhappy and upset with this operative system! I,m cursing the day when i gave so much money for computer with crap called windows 8.1!!!!
Very very angry!!!
(P.S English is not my native language)Hi,
According to your description, it seems that you have resolve that issue.
Not only this problem, there is too many problems with this windows 8.1! Too many! You definitely made the worst thing ever!
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Here is a overall guide for you to know well the Windows 8.1
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No Karen, I didn't resolve the issue.
I asked very simple question how to change something so basic like user folder name in Windows 8.1
You know: "C:/Users/"user name"
All the links you are giving to me doesn't provide any concrete answer to this question. I spent hours and hours googling and researching about this question and only solution which i found is that i need to create completely new user account and delete completely
the old one, just to be able to remove an old name of user folder! Are you kidding me?
How is possible that such a basic thing is so complicated?
Is there any way to change folder user name in any other way because i don't want to create a new user account!
Simple question, but, like always, no any concrete answers - just some empty talks, and totally useless links and SPINNING IN THE CIRCLE all the time without the CONCRETE solution.
As for part of my post which you quoted, and your request for more informations in order to provide me further help, i just gave it to you again. I want to change user folder name. What you don't understand in that question?
UPDATE:
Ok, i came back to edit this post because i have a feeling that maybe you don't understand the question and giving me this link because maybe you simply don't know that when you go to:
Control panel/user accounts/change your account name... and change the name, and after that, when you go to C:/users, the folder with the user name still have an old user name. Which means that any changes in control panel or anywhere else doesn't make any
changes on C:/users/ folder itself!!!!!
In previous windows versions was possible to change it by editing "ProfileImagePath" in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ ....
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The fact you are using a Mac is why both myself and JCellini assumed you where using a pre IE7 version.
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